Practical observations on the Harrogate mineral waters and chronic diseases : with cases / by Andrew Scott Myrtle and James Aitken Myrtle.

  • Myrtle, Andrew Scott
Date:
1893
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Credit: Practical observations on the Harrogate mineral waters and chronic diseases : with cases / by Andrew Scott Myrtle and James Aitken Myrtle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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